Notes to Editors
- Chapman Freeborn is the largest air charter broker in the world with 36 offices in 20 countries
- In June 2007, we were voted"Air Cargo Charter Broker of The Year" at the ACW World Air Cargo Awards in Munich
- Chapman Freeborn was established in 1973
- Annual group turnover is over $450m
- The Chapman Freeborn group employs nearly 300 personnel
- We specialise in moving urgent cargo, heavy and outsize pieces, high value commodities, dangerous goods and AOG parts
- Many of the world’s major relief organisations, governments, NGOs and other aid providers use our expertise in transporting relief goods and organising personnel evacuations
- We provide ACMI, wet, damp and dry leasing solutions for many of the world’s largest airlines
- We also provide General Sales Agency (GSA), Station Management and Ground Handling Services
- Our operations division, Paragon Global Flight Support provides 24 hour outsourced flight support
- Chapman Freeborn is listed in the Sunday Times’ Top Track 250 of the biggest mid-market private companies in the UK
For further information on this story, or about the Chapman Freeborn Group, please contact Julie Black or Andy James on +44 (0)1293 572832
Chapman Freeborn Singapore Brings Earthquake Relief to Alor, Indonesia
25th November 2004
When the fourth major earthquake to hit the region struck eastern Indonesia
on 13th November, Alor - an island community located 1,000km east of Bali
- was worst hit and most isolated.
The resulting devastation from the 6.0 Richter Scale quake and three strong
aftershocks killed 17 people and injured more than 100. It also damaged
the majority of homes and buildings on the island. Such a considerable quake
in a more highly urbanized area would have been far more deadly, but nonetheless,
the need for relief in terms of blankets and medical supplies to assist
the homeless and the injured was urgent.
Among the agencies wishing to send supplies to the stricken region was
the Japan International Corporation Agency. Their Singapore-based forwarder,
Nippon Express, a frequent Relief supplier, contacted Chapman Freeborn and
Rashid Ayub immediately went to work to source the appropriate aircraft
for the shipment which was bound for Kupang, Indonesia.
The first available capacity was on an Antonov 12 operated by a Kazakhstan
based airline from Singapore late on 19th November. Thanks to the concerted
efforts of the crew and ground handlers, loading went well and the flight
was actually able to depart earlier than planned, despite the heavy rain.
The shipment of 6-person tents, sleeping mattresses, blankets and plastic
rolls arrived at 0257, to be distributed to those in need.
Rashid Ayub said:"It was pouring with rain the night we loaded the aircraft
which makes it all the more remarkable that everything went so well. Everyone
made the extra effort, given the nature of the cargo, and that’s what makes
relief work so rewarding – we might be at the airport in the middle of the
night and soaked to the skin, but just knowing that you are helping people
in a far worse situation makes it so worthwhile."
Other (vaguely) weather-related charters operated by CF Singapore recently
included an IL76 and an AN12 carrying air conditioning units from Kuala
Lumpur to Sharjah, in partnership with Chapman Freeborn Sharjah. A growing
number of charters result from co-operation and knowledge sharing between
the ever-increasing Chapman Freeborn global charter network.
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